I've slept in the car several times up there. I think you need a snow park pass to park up there. There is a cat that takes people up there, but costs quite abit. Most people just hike/skin up, and if you ski they groom it from the Palmer on down.
Talked to people up there last weekend that said Feb 28th according to the state patrol (I'd be surprised if it did), two old slides to clear, but then they got a big dump the next day.
To make it easier we are combining links for Mt Rainier:
Climbing blog (check out the posted weather links!): current climbing season updates
Webcams below (best to view daylight hours without window reflection)
Paradise facing down valley operation off/on check dates
From Paradise facing mountain updated periodically
Paradise Parking lot
Weather
Rainier weather
Paradise telemetry: being updated.
Muir telemetry: being updated.
Rainier Climbing webpage(link to be updated later)
MUIR SNOWFIELD MAP and bearings
Road status
Blake, not yet, gotta gear up for the season though. BG, your welcome! Anyone have a link that they like to see added either reply or pm and I could put it up on the link.
TTT
Ha! I heard of that guy too and I didn't believe until I ran into him...he had two screwdrivers in place of ice axes and he gave us a bunch of Billy Graham photocopies
Try the not so suck [TR] index.
Kautz
Tahoma
Sunset Ridge
Liberty Ridge
Gib ledges (spring)
Nisqually Icefall (spring)
Gib ledges (spring)
Ingraham Direct (spring)
Plenty more on the main routes.
TTT